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A new Coat of Arms, granted to the h**ds of the U********y of C*******e, since their late edict against dinners

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James Bretherton
approximately 1730-1806

A new Coat of Arms, granted to the h**ds of the U********y of C*******e, since their late edict against dinners

Published

[London] : Published as the Act directs Feby 21st 1786. by H: Humphrey No 51 New Bond Street, [1786]

etching
plate mark: 350 x 250 mm; sheet: 312 x 212 mm
Purchased by J. Pierpont Morgan, 1900.
Peel 2541
Notes
Etcher identified as Jame Bretherton in the British Museum online catalog.
"a preliminary drawing (2008,7035.1) is inscribed "ex dono Vin[i] Reverendi J. W. Poley Pict:" indicating that the designer was John Weller Poley (died 1799), of Boxted Hall, Suffolk, a fellow of Queens' College." Cf. Curator's comments, British Museum online catalog.
Lettered with title and inscriptions as described; beneath the motto, "Etch'd by I.B." [i.e., James Bretherton?].
Library's copy closely trimmed within plate mark.
Provenance

Formerly owned by Sir Robert Peel.

Summary

Print shows a satirical coat of arms for Cambridge University, a description being engraved beneath the title: "Arms Quarterly, first Azure, a Mitre and Fools Cap transverse ways, second, Sable, an Inn shut up, Third, Gules, Caput Universale, on an Asses head, proper, fourth, Argent, A Book entitled Excerpta e statutis, Supporters, Two Cooks weeping, Crest, A Hand holding a Roll of Paper, Motto, Impransi, Juvenes Disquirite".

Associated names
Poley, John Weller, 1755-1799, artist.
Humphrey, Hannah, active 1774-1817, publisher.
Peel, Robert, 1788-1850, former owner.
Artist
Bretherton, James
Classification
Print
Department
Drawings and Prints
Century prints
18th century
Catalog link
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